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Carex leptalea
Carex leptalea is a species of sedge known by the common names bristly-stalked sedge and flaccid sedge. It is native to much of North America including most of Canada, the Dominican Republic, and the United States. It only grows in wetlands. This sedge produces dense clusters of thin stems up to 70 centimeters tall from a network of branching rhizomes. The thin, deep green leaves are soft, hairless, and sometimes drooping. The inflorescence is up to...
27 branches of this group, most-observed first
bristle-stalked sedge
speciesCarex leptalea
Carex capillacea
speciesCarex capillacea
Carex onoei
speciesCarex onoei
Carex rara
speciesCarex rara
Carex uda
speciesCarex uda
Carex jankowskii
speciesCarex jankowskii
Carex hakonensis
speciesCarex hakonensis
Carex biwensis
speciesCarex biwensis
Carex rhizopoda
speciesCarex rhizopoda
Carex fulta
speciesCarex fulta
Carex capitellata
speciesCarex capitellata
Carex yunyiana
speciesCarex yunyiana
Carex thanikaimoniana
speciesCarex thanikaimoniana
Carex inagawaensis
speciesCarex inagawaensis
Carex koyaensis
speciesCarex koyaensis
Carex noguchii
speciesCarex noguchii
Carex ruralis
speciesCarex ruralis
Carex yakushimensis
speciesCarex yakushimensis
Carex kirinensis
speciesCarex kirinensis
Carex dahurica
speciesCarex dahurica
Carex pseudodahurica
speciesCarex pseudodahurica
Carex stipitiutriculata
speciesCarex stipitiutriculata
Carex austro-occidentalis
speciesCarex austro-occidentalis
Carex litorhyncha
speciesCarex litorhyncha
Carex densicaespitosa
speciesCarex densicaespitosa
Carex semihyalofructa
speciesCarex semihyalofructa
Carex chosenica
speciesCarex chosenica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1459656.